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The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

‘He was drunk, I reckon. He told you just ex- actly
wrong.’
‘Well,,he did act like he was drunk, but it ain’t no
matter now. I got to be moving along. I’ll fetch Goshen

before daylight.’
‘Hold on a minute. I’ll put you up a snack to eat. You
might want it.’
So she put me up a snack, and says:
‘Say, when a cow’s laying down, which end of her gets
up first? Answer up prompt now — don’t stop to study
over it. Which end gets up first?’
‘The hind end, mum.’
‘Well, then, a horse?’
‘The for’rard end, mum.’
‘Which side of a tree does the moss grow on?’
‘North side.’
‘If fifteen cows is browsing on a hillside, how many of
them eats with their heads pointed the same direction?’
‘The whole fifteen, mum.’
‘Well, I reckon you HAVE lived in the country. I
thought maybe you was trying to hocus me again. What’s
your real name, now?’
‘George Peters, mum.’

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